]]>By: basedrum777http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/#comment-313672
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:14:58 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-313672I know you’re going to say its not the usual answer but my tickets to Yankees games are $20/seat in the bleachers with it having been $12/seat up until this year. I don’t go to the game to eat or drink I go to watch baseball. I do eat occasionally but its at my own disgression.

I think the Yankees complaining about Stubhub is pretty ridiculous as they’re basically saying that they want you to buy a 20 game pack even if you can only attend 12 games and that those 8 games are not to be sold because that will prevent another person from buying 20 games. I think its kind of like a older person complaining about their work being replaced by a computer.

]]>By: natsladyhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/#comment-312377
Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:42:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312377Really? Has that ever happened? At least in DC, as long as they are not over-aggressive, everyone and anyone can buy or sell a ticket from the guys on 1/2 Street.
]]>By: 24missedhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312329
Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:04:30 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312329Last season, there was a mix-up between the stubhubber (is that a word?) and I. We both had the tickets to the same seats. He really meant for two of the four tickets to be sold and two for him. It worked out just fine and everyone was cool.

And yes, to the poster below, the games cost a fortune. If you can get $150 per person, you are good to go, throw in fees, etc. I always try to bring a power bar and down a water or two. You can save $$ that way even though I know most people don’t find it as fun.

Are the Yankees the only ones commenting on Stubhub? I haven’t heard this from other teams. You’d think other teams would have some comments.

]]>By: mybrunobloghttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/#comment-312300
Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:15:20 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312300Attendance for 19 teams is up but the numbers are not super encouraging. Less than 2000 fans per game on average is the improvement. Nothing to jump for joy over. Factors like the Marlins new ballpark, Bryce Harper hysteria, and a few teams that are playing well that haven’t played well in a while have pumped up some numbers.
Big market teams like Yankees, Mets and White sox are down. Boston sell out streak is over and they are up less than 150 fans per game which essentially means the Red Sox attendance is statistically flat.
I guess we could look at as the glass is Ether half full or half empty…..I choose to fill the glass with some ice cold adult beverage and watch some baseball.
]]>By: Kevin S.http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312294
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:50:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312294Have some intern check StubHub listings against season ticket seats.
]]>By: blazertophttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312288
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:30:28 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312288Wow, I’m reading about $1000, and $500, etc…. For one baseball game?? Are you kidding me?? Something very wrong here.
]]>By: foodforthesoul28http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312278
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:37:46 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312278Here’s an idea, Don’t spend a billion bucks on a new ballpark.
]]>By: sabatimushttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/#comment-312273
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:31:15 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312273I’ll go with Door Number One.
]]>By: sabatimushttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312272
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:30:28 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312272Question is, how would the Yankees KNOW if a season ticket holder sold seats on StubHub? How would they enforce that?
]]>By: sabatimushttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312271
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:29:23 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312271Very well said, Craig. I remember when the new Yankee Stadium hosted games in it’s first year, and I kept seeing empty seats behind home plate, for all the TV audience to see. Who wants to pay $1,000 a seat or more? Especially in this economy.
]]>By: millmannjhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312263
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:05:06 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312263The Yankees will create their own “secondary market” ticket selling website in 2013. You will be unable to post your tickets for less than face value. They will also threaten any season ticket holder who sells their tickets on StubHub with the revocation of their seats. This is what Randy Levine means by “fan-friendly alternatives.”
]]>By: jlovenotjlohttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312257
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:52:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312257F*CK the Yankees. That is all
]]>By: footballiskinghttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312251
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:40:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312251Got to love how he is hiding his greed of wanting to monopolize the fan into paying the over priced rate they charge as oppossed to a cheaper rate online (which is more fan friendly, and the yankees already get their money either way, and has no bearing on lowering attendance it obviously raises it because allows more fans to purchase tickets)…but no worries yankee fans he wants you to be backed into a corner and pay the over-priced rate becasue it is “fan friendly”……but by all means keep trying to use the p.r spin that you are doing the fans a favor..how dumb do the yankees think people are, that they say dumb stuff like this
]]>By: jwbiiihttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/#comment-312243
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:25:22 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312243Point #6: Attendance is up for 19 of the 30 teams.

Let’s say Joe Fan wants to go to a Yankees game with his kid. He looks at Yankees.com and sees that a pair of good seats costs $500. Hey, it’s a couple of car payments, but it’s good seats, right, and Junior gets to enjoy the game.
Next, Joe looks at Stubhub.com, where a season ticket holder who can’t go to the game is re-selling his seats in that same section for $300. This, clearly, is a better deal for Joe. It’s the same seats, but 40% cheaper. So, buys from Stubhub.
Joe wins, because he got the same good for less money. The season ticket holder wins, because he got $300 (less fees) of his $500 back, which is better than getting $0 back. And the Yankees, in this case, lose, because what they want is for the season ticket holder to eat his ticket and force Joe to shell out that $500 directly to them. That’s what Levine is complaining about – the fact that there’s now a semi-free market for those tickets that no longer guarantees them first/best crack at your wallet.
Now, the model was /supposed/ to work such that every game would sell out, and demand for a scarce good (tickets) would drive up prices at the secondary retailer (Stubhub). This would drive consumers to the cheaper alternative: the Yankees. Unfortunately for Levine, that model only works if you are in fact selling out every game and demand becomes greater than supply. Right now, that is most emphatically not the case. Blame whatever you want – idiotic pricing schemes by the Yankees, the economy, rumors that ‘cepts was living in the steam tunnels under the stadium or whatever, but this is what’s called a market correction, and blaming Stubhub is a lot like blaming Moog for putting player piano manufacturers out of business.

]]>By: jwbiiihttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/#comment-312233
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:17:28 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312233A basketball tourney is a scalper’s delight. You buy all the tickets for the games your team will play if they make it to the finals. They get bounced early, you have no desire to watch the rest of the games you have tickets for, but somebody from Atlanta or Charlottesville really, really does.
]]>By: The Rabbithttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/#comment-312224
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:05:40 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312224They are complaining that season ticket holders who can’t go to all the games are seliing their tickets on Stub Hub for less than what the Yankees are currently charging for tickets for that game.
It’s the opposite of scalping…trying to get something for a ticket they can’t use rather than just throwing it away.
BTW-I always check Stub Hub first. Even if the tickets are the same price as the tickets offered from the team’s box office, season ticket holder seats are usually in a better location.
]]>By: celauritzhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/comment-page-2/#comment-312219
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:57:21 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312219It seems his issue is that he wants people that want tickets to have to buy direct from the Yankees, basically wasting the tickets of the people that don’t want to go to the game.

He wants to make the tickets non-transferrable. Why not just put names on the tickets and check ID’s? See how many tickets get sold then. Dumbass.

]]>By: mrwilliehttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/06/the-yankees-continue-to-complain-about-stubhub/#comment-312211
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:32:43 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=158503#comment-312211I realize that scalping laws pretty much never enforced, but wow, that’s a large markup that NY allows for ticket resale. In NC it is illegal to sell for more than $3 above face value. The $3 being to offset any fees associated with them…..like $3 would even cover the ‘convenience fee’s’ these days.

The only time I have seen scalping laws enforced is the ACC basketball tourney in Greensboro. The actually run stings out there and arrest quite a bit of folks.